Chameleon, there's a part of me that expects good things, and knows that in order to get that standard, I may need to work harder or do particular things or do them in a particular way or pay more or go out of my way or improve my ability to gauge what makes something good...

... and there's a part of me that expects that life and things won't meet that standard...

... and yet another part that realises that even if I do everything I can, sometimes I won't receive what I want to receive, or I will receive what I don't want to receive.

The trick seems to be to face life with equanimity.

Yes.

It is better to try my very hardest and to fail, than never to try.

Failure is sometimes a measure of commitment.

And sometimes we get through the failure, like a pilot flying through dark stormy clouds.

If you don't fail, you don't learn.